Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics - KEUFFEL 1949
Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics

KEUFFEL 1949

Keuffel, J.W.;
Parallel-Plate Counters
Rev. Sci. Inst. 20 (1949) 202;

Abstracts
The counter characteristics of a discharge tube using plane-parallel electrodes have been investigated, particularly with regard to the short time lags inherent in the streamer type of spark which occur with such a geometry at near-atmospheric pressure. Construction details for parallel-plate counters with good counter characteristics are given. Spurious counts were minimized by an argon-xylene filling mixture and the use of a univibrator quench circuit. The uncertainty in the reaction time of the counters is ± 5 x 10-9 sec.

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See also
C. W. Sherwin, Rev. Sci. Inst. 19 (1948) 111;
B. Rossi and N. Nereson, Phys. Rev. 62 (1942) 417;
H. J. White, Phys. Rev. 49 (1936) 507;
R. R. Wilson, Phys. Rev. 50 (1936) 1082;
B. Howland, C. A. Schroeder, and J. D. Shipman, Rev. Sci. Inst. 18 (1947) 551;
L. B. Loeb, Fundamental Processes of Electrical Discharge in Gases, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (1939) 426;
L. Madansky and R. W. Pidd, Phys. Rev. 73 (1948) 1215;
H. Paetow, Z. Phys. 111 (1939) 770;
M. Newman, Phys. Rev. 52 (1937) 652;

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Creation of the spark chamber method for particle tracking.
    
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